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Forty Hall Museum

Forty Hall Museum is a grade I listed historic house museum in the London Borough of Enfield. Our list has 87 more places within 15 km; first among them is Kenwood House, at 13 km. It is written up in 3 Wikipedias.

Photo: Forty Hall Museum, Stu's Images (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

100 m

north of Enfield

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum near Enfield

Just outside Enfield

Forty Hall Museum is 100 m north of Enfield. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Enfield has 267 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The seasons here

Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Enfield.

Jan8° / 3°64 mm

Feb9° / 2°49 mm

Mar12° / 4°40 mm

Apr15° / 5°45 mm

May18° / 8°48 mm

Jun21° / 11°54 mm

Jul23° / 14°51 mm

Aug23° / 13°59 mm

Sep20° / 11°52 mm

Oct16° / 8°71 mm

Nov11° / 5°70 mm

Dec9° / 3°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Enfield, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Enfield. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Enfield’s full climate →

About

Forty Hall Museum

Grade I listed historic house museum in the London Borough of Enfield, United Kingdom.

100 m north of Enfield.

Enfield’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 100 m north of Enfield
Official site: fortyhallestate.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting your bearings

The map centres on Forty Hall Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Home to 329,822 people, Enfield is the largest of these 8. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 100 m south of it

Enfield

329,822 people · 39 places to visit

2 · 2 km northeast of it

Waltham Cross

11,936 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 3 km north of it

Cheshunt

43,694 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km north of it

Goff's Oak

3,503 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Forty Hall Museum is	People	Places to visit
Enfield	100 m south of it	329,822	39
Waltham Cross	2 km northeast of it	11,936	9
Cheshunt	3 km north of it	43,694	11
Goff's Oak	4.1 km north of it	3,503	8
Waltham Abbey	4.1 km east of it	18,645	10
Sewardstone	4.3 km east of it	721	10
Waltham Forest	4.6 km southeast of it	278,129	73
Cuffley	4.7 km northwest of it	4,350	9

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

The 87 places within 15 km include 3 gardens, 2 historic houses and 2 museums.

Historic house · English HeritageKenwood House13 km away · 160K visitors a year (2015)2

Historic houseHatfield House14 km away 3

CastleBruce Castle7.9 km away 4

MuseumArsenal Museum13 km away · 120K visitors a year 5

MuseumRAF Museum14 km away 6

GardenFinsbury Park11 km away 7

GardenMyddelton House Gardens700 m away 8

GardenVictoria Park15 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Forty Hall Museum: questions

Where is Forty Hall Museum?

Forty Hall Museum is 100 m north of Enfield, London.

What is Forty Hall Museum?

Grade I listed historic house museum in the London Borough of Enfield, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Forty Hall Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Enfield, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Forty Hall Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Forty Hall Museum?

Within 15 km: Kenwood House (13 km), Hatfield House (14 km), Bruce Castle (7.9 km) and Arsenal Museum (13 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Forty Hall Museum: Stu's Images, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenwood House: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bruce Castle: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arsenal Museum: Gael13011, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Museum: Panhard, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Finsbury Park: Hjuk at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Myddelton House Gardens: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria Park: Matt Brown from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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